Lincoln Birth Anniversary Celebrated Across Oklahoma
Lincoln day observances occurred throughout Oklahoma on Sunday under G A R posts, with joint Lincoln and Washington commemorations at Perry and Tonkawa. Guthrie hosted services led by Hartranft Post, El Reno held the main celebration banquet, and speakers included Jim Harris, Cade, Flynn, and Charles P. Lincoln.
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Guthrie
Okla
Lincoln
Perry
Tonkawa
Washington
Hartranft Post
Tom Ferguson
Watonga
A. R. Museler
Pawhuska
el Reno
Canadian County
Lincoln Republican Club
Jim Harris
Wagoner
Cade
Shawnee
Flynn
Oklahoma City
Charles P. Lincoln
China
Results of irrigation investigations in Florida
Milo B Williams of the U S Department of Agriculture said at the National Irrigation Congress that crops in Florida Georgia and Alabama are thriving under winter irrigation. He noted citrus fruit growers and truck farmers seek supplemental irrigation and new systems will be installed this and coming years. Artificial rainfall is important to citrus growers and has helped small farmers, with government interest in subsurface irrigation in Georgia and Alabama where several plants operate.
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Chicago
Milo B. Williams
Office of Experiment Stations
United States Department of Agriculture
Florida
Georgia
Alabama
National Irrigation Congress
Professor F J Phillips Ends Life at Nebr Univ Home
Professor F J Phillips of the University of Nebraska forestry department committed suicide by inhaling gas at his Lincoln home. aged 30, Michigan alumnus, he left three letters to his wife, police, and coroner, citing fear of becoming an invalid and a burden on his family.
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Associated Press
Lincoln
Neb
F. J. Phillips
Forestry Department
University of Nebraska
University of Michigan
Defeat of Owen Bill Hinges on Home Front Pressure
Washington reports say the Owen bill on enrollment of the late applicants was reviewed in committee Friday. Clippings and telegraphs from home readers are influencing its fate. Opponents urged telegraph pressure in Congress to oppose the bill.
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Owen
Washington
Congress
Burglars Work At Jumbo Store In Vinita Night
Two burglaries in as many nights mark Vinita’s weekend crime. Night Watchman Baxley spotted a tall man in the Jumbo store vicinity, but could not trap him. Entry was gained via a side door after removing a rear panel, with valuables including hats, coats, collars, jewelry, and cash stolen. A second break-in hit the Chief Jtain office, with a few items taken and an attempted safe breach. Three youths named Bates, Moore, and Walton were arrested as suspects, with further developments awaited.
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Vinita
Baxley
Scraper Street
Katy
Hanan &, Son
Thompson Shoe Company
Jtain
B. M. Rich
St. Louis
Claude Bates
Dallas
Tex
R. T. Moore
Omaha
Neb
George Walton
Oklishoma City
Tulsa
Cummins Advocates Canada Reciprocity With Reservations
Senator Albert B Cummins of Iowa spoke at the Union League Club of Brooklyn on Canadian reciprocity. He affirmed support but urged freer imports, insisting timber, iron ore, coal, glass, woolen and cotton cloth, meat, flour, clothing, and other goods from Canada be admitted free of duty as part of a principled reciprocity stance.
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New York
Albert RB. Cummins
Iowa
Union League Club
Brooklyn
Mr. Cumming
Canada
United States
Reciprocity Bill May Reach Vote Today in House
Washington, Feb 13 The House approved immediate consideration of the McCall reciprocity bill with Canada by 195 to 120 but left debate limits unsettled. The chamber planned to bring the measure to a vote at 2 30 this afternoon, though passage today appeared unlikely.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
House
Canada
Tne
Illinois Will Endorse Reciprocity Measure
Springfield reports Illinois legislature is very likely to endorse Taft's Canadian reciprocity plan despite Speaker Cannon's opposition. A senate resolution backing reciprocity is expected, aiming for quick passage and referral to the house. Belfontaine notes J L Reams earned $300,000 after installing a home telephone and learning his uncle left a Topeka estate.
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Springfield
Taft
Illinois
Cannon
Joint Assembly
Senate
House
Associated Press
Belfontaine
O. Fem
J. L. Reams
Belle Center
Columbus
Reams
Jonathan Reams
Topeka
Kans
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Oklahoma
Horace Greeley
New York Tribune
Union
National Intelligencer
Allen Thorndike Rice
Abraham Lincoln
John P. Usher
Judge Usher
Lawrence
Interior
South Henshessee Street
South
Louisiana
Norfolk
United States House of Representatives
Hahn
Flanders
Usher
Chase
Flangers
Mr. Lincoln
Mr. Chase
Mr. Rice
David R. Locke
Petroleum
Mr. Locke
J. C. Gray
Senator Cummins
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Kansas City Weekly Star
Weekly
STAR
Kansas City
Halsell Building
F. M. Gwinnup
Son Vinita, Ohlahoma
Farmers State Bank Vinita
Cobb Hotel
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